WRAL: Disciplinary hearing for NC attorney continues (part 2)

http://www.wral.com/news/video/15231559/

WRAL: Disciplinary hearing for NC attorney continues (part 1)

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WRAL: Focused on freeing inmate, innocence advocate says she made mistake

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Focused on freeing inmate, innocence advocate says she made mistake

Posted January 12

RALEIGH, N.C. — A prominent advocate for inmates wrongly convicted of crimes testified in her own defense Tuesday in a North Carolina State Bar disciplinary hearing.

A three-person disciplinary panel is trying to determine if Christine Mumma, director of the North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence, violated the

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News & Observer: NC lawyer who fights for the wrongfully convicted goes before disciplinary panel

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JANUARY 11, 2016 2:18 PM

NC lawyer who fights for the wrongfully convicted goes before disciplinary panel

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BY ANNE BLYTHE

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A three-member N.C. State Bar panel rejected a request from prosecutors Monday to find Christine Mumma, head of the N.C. Center on Actual Innocence, guilty of professional misconduct without a full hearing on the allegations.

Mumma, an advocate for the falsely accused, was investigating claims of innocence by a wrongfully convicted man when she took the actions that resulted in the disciplinary hearing ....

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Outer Banks Voice: Another view: Bar is judge, jury, executioner against Tillett

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2016/01/11/another-view-bar-is-judge-jury-executioner-against-tillett/

Another view: Bar is judge, jury, executioner against Tillett

By Submitted Story on January 11, 2016

Nags Head Attorney Neil W. Scarborough submitted the following article for publication in The Outer Banks Voice. http://www.scarboroughlawfirm.com/

This is the third part of a three-part article. The first two examine the story involving Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett’s son and the events afterward and introduces the people responsible for publicizing it and their likely reasons.

The third part examines the State Bar’s conduct in more detail and reveals the injustice .....

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2016/01/11/another-view-bar-is-judge-jury-executioner-against-tillett/

Outer Banks Voice: E-mail suggests League might have swayed D.A. on Britt

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2015/12/21/e-mail-suggests-league-might-have-swayed-d-a-on-britt/

E-mail suggests League might have swayed D.A. on Britt

By Russ Lay on December 21, 2015

The same Oct. 21, 2011 e-mail that revealed leaks of information from an ostensibly independent investigation into the management practices of Kill Devil Hills Police Chief Gary Britt also suggests a different scenario of why then-District Attorney Frank Parrish reversed his decision to file a petition seeking Britt’s removal.

Parrish, now deceased, was a pivotal player in actions against Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett two years ago by the Judicial Standards Commission. An affidavit .....

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2015/12/21/e-mail-suggests-league-might-have-swayed-d-a-on-britt/

Outer Banks Voice: E-mail shows info was leaked to officials during Britt probe

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2015/12/15/e-mail-shows-info-was-leaked-to-officials-during-britt-probe/

E-mail shows info was leaked to officials during Britt probe

By Russ Lay on December 15, 2015

An e-mail recently re-examined by the Voice that discusses a 2011 internal investigation of Kill Devil Hills Police Chief Gary Britt raises further questions about the impartiality of the panel that conducted the inquiry.

The e-mail also suggests that the town and League of Municipality officials had decided to move against Superior Court Judge Jerry R. Tillett before ... 

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2015/12/15/e-mail-shows-info-was-leaked-to-officials-during-britt-probe/